confuso
Italian edit
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confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusi, feminine plural confuse)
- confused
- muddled (of speech etc.)
- embarrassed
- hazy (of memory etc.)
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confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusi, feminine plural confuse)
References edit
- ^ confuso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin edit
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cōnfūsō
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Borrowed from Latin cōnfūsus (“mixed, mingled”), from the verb cōnfundō (“pour together”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: con‧fu‧so
Adjective edit
confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusos, feminine plural confusas)
- confused
- (1899) Machado de Assis, Dom Casmurro, chapter 85:
- Tal foi o sentimento confuso com que entrei na loja de louça.
- Such was the confused feeling I entered the china store with.
- Synonyms: perplexo, espantado, confundido
- (1899) Machado de Assis, Dom Casmurro, chapter 85:
- confusing
- (1999) Gregório de Matos, Ó caos confuso, labirinto horrendo, Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista:
- Ó caos confuso, labirinto horrendo,
- Oh confusing chaos, horrendous labyrinth,
- (1999) Gregório de Matos, Ó caos confuso, labirinto horrendo, Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista:
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cōnfūsus (“mixed, mingled”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
confuso (feminine confusa, masculine plural confusos, feminine plural confusas)
- confused
- Synonym: confundido
- confusing
- Synonyms: intrincado, enredado
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Further reading edit
- “confuso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014